Melanie Wright switched from T-Mobile to Cricket Wireless two years ago, pointing to price as the key reason."It's one flat fee — you never have to worry about what your bill is going to be," said Wright, who pays $43 a month for unlimited text and calling. "With the other companies, you better itemize that sucker yourself and you better have your Excel spreadsheet open."

The "biggest knock" on cell phones for me is dropped calls. Maybe that's because I live right up along the foothills but I'm dropping T-Mobile when my contract is up for that reason. I just can't get good reception.

If any carrier wants to pick up tens of thousands of customers, just offer service in the foothills. There are a lot of people who can't get *any* service whatsoever. Back in analog days I had an AT&T phone that worked fine. When analog cell service died, so did my signal.

I know a lot people are saying "boo hoo for you", but consider the fact that the next time you are driving the Peak-to-Peak or many other highways, or hiking in the hills, if you have a problem you won't be able to use your cell phone, and most of the pay phones have been removed.

I've had Cricket with the Muve Music service for over 6 months. Don't know what Jelly Bean, perhaps that is what occupies the void between his ears, is talking about. I was paying well over $100 a month to Verizon for my iPhone, now I get everything I got with Verizon, plus unlimited music, for less than $60 month.

yknot wrote:The "biggest knock" on cell phones for me is dropped calls. Maybe that's because I live right up along the foothills but I'm dropping T-Mobile when my contract is up for that reason. I just can't get good reception.

Claude, I have Cricket and never drop a call here in the Denver "Valley". Once I go up I-70 I'm toast. It's like going back in time meeting friends at a ski resort- I tell them I'll meet you at Lift 1 at 10am. They say call me when you get there.....I say can't do, I have Cricket. One wonders how we navigated life before the cell phone, I'll answer we put a man on the moon without a calculator. Claude, you need AT&T service for the Mountains. Go to Black Hawk for example, nothin' works there except AT&T.

Bob Watts wrote:I've had Cricket with the Muve Music service for over 6 months. Don't know what Jelly Bean, perhaps that is what occupies the void between his ears, is talking about. I was paying well over $100 a month to Verizon for my iPhone, now I get everything I got with Verizon, plus unlimited music, for less than $60 month.